Tag: CWIT

  • Introducing the inagural batch of T-SITE scholars

    Photo: The Retriever Weekly This August, UMBC welcomed its inagural batch of Transfer Scholars in Information Technology and Engineering (T-SITE) Scholars (pictured above). The brainchild of a team of seven women sprinkled throughout IT and Engineering departments in the College of Engineering and Information Technology at UMBC, the T-SITE scholarship program offers support–financial and otherwise–to…

  • UMBC receives NSF award to develop new freshman seminar for computing majors

    UMBC received a three year award from NSF that provides $154,000 in funding to develop and evaluate an innovative first-year seminar for computing majors aimed at increasing retention, completion, and success.